Partial log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean.$bIncludes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead, gray, humpback, killer, sperm, and white), seals, and walrus seen or taken, and indigenous people; and whale stamps, inventories of whale oil and bone, list of whales taken and by whom, and account of trading. Other places represented include Unalaska, Ukivok (King Island), Point Hope, Dutch Harbor, Point Barrow, and Cape Smyth; Whaling vessel, out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 27 Mar.-26 Nov. 1909, to the Arctic Ocean whaling grounds; owner-agent: H. Liebes & Co.; built at Bath, Me., 1884
In the collection of the
New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library
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